Elite Dangerous - Tritium Efficiency Update
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i m exploring now, far from the bubble. I plan 500 ly jumps sequence so my FC can follow me. My arrival destination has not always rings, not always icy ring, not always tritium HS... so when I find a hot spot I would like to find trit easily as if I need 1000 tons it would take me around 7-9 hours ... got the point???
metal rich or metallic?Not expert miner....but something is brokenIn painite spot, 20 mins, no single painite rock, even 1%
Not sure I follow the logic. How many countless hours of doing something does it take to buy the thing in the first place? Whether that is mining, passenger runs or whatever. Now you are saying spending a lot less hours doing stuff to fuel it is unacceptable?
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So why are you calling your carrier to a system with no rings and no hotspots?
IMO this shouldn't matter. If the DSS says, "This is a Painite hotspot!" then it should be a Painite hotspot. If it is not a hotspot, then don't show it as a hotspot.
Ye ...it's Y star around B star with ring, always wanted to mine such, so cool views
i need to call it to a good system of course which is not always easy to find. But anyway no need to continue on that topic ... I’m bouncing against a brick wall
My exploring plans with the carrier were as follows: Mined Painite for a couple of afternoon sessions, sold it for about 800 mil and bought me 20k tritium for 40k per ton.
That was enough to get me to the Vulcan Gate region, one of the less explored regions of the Galaxy about 20k lys away. And now with the added range, I have enough fuel to explore through it quite thoroughly, and enough to come back.
I'll probably mine at some point though too, for fun and to brake the monotony of exploring..
Fueling has now become twice as efficient, and there's also a choice, no matter how far one wants to go, mine it, buy it, or combine both. Much better than before..
That was enough to get me to the Vulcan Gate region, one of the less explored regions of the Galaxy about 20k lys away. And now with the added range, I have enough fuel to explore through it quite thoroughly, and enough to come back.
I'll probably mine at some point though too, for fun and to brake the monotony of exploring..
Fueling has now become twice as efficient, and there's also a choice, no matter how far one wants to go, mine it, buy it, or combine both. Much better than before..
No, I'm all for the change. I'm just saying everyone who's upset that FCs won't necessarily have to do deep space mining are forgetting that CMDRS will be replacing the time deep space mining with something else in the game. Even if it's 5hrs of painite mining and however long it takes to sell the painite, purchase the tritium ferry it to their FC. Instead of the hours spent deep space mining, they're now doing something different. It's just a tradeoff. A lot of people in the thread seem to feel that FCs are just given a free pass to explore the galaxy, but they still have to invest some time in making it possible, even if that time isn't deep space mining.
I disagree, I have had no problems in finding rings with Trit hotspots. Guess I've just been lucky.
Shame. I would like to understand.
Self inflicted.
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metal rich painite hotspots = coresNot expert miner....but something is broken
metallic painite hotpots = laser mining.
Painite
Painite,CaZrAl9O15(BO3). Painite is an incredibly rare borate mineral that typically takes the form of a red gemstone. Highly sought after by socialities throughout occupied space, it is renowned for being one of the most valuable types of gemstones in the galaxy. — In-Game Description Painite...
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What I haven't seen brought up yet (buut maybe I missed it) is that, even though there is now less need to mine fuel and that does mean that certain explorations of double or triple hotspots are now useless, I would argue that more FC owners are now comfortable with going on a far trip and that the explorers among us dare to go farther than they would previously, because they won't have to mine themselves to death to do their favourite activity with their carrier. I hypothesise that it will lead to more people out in the black and more people being comfortable leaving the bubble.
moreover, to people saying that this has made the exploration of double and triple hotspots for naught, I say that with this fuel efficiency increase, the fact that regular hotspots are now more viable (but doubles and triples are still the most efficient), makes that FC explorers can now more confidently go into the unknown.
All in all, I'd say that if this change increases the population of players outside the bubble, it is a good change.
moreover, to people saying that this has made the exploration of double and triple hotspots for naught, I say that with this fuel efficiency increase, the fact that regular hotspots are now more viable (but doubles and triples are still the most efficient), makes that FC explorers can now more confidently go into the unknown.
All in all, I'd say that if this change increases the population of players outside the bubble, it is a good change.
LOL.
I wonder how many posts "MINING IS BROKEN" are result of ignorance, actually:
trying to find high % Painite rocks for laser mining in metal rich ring
or/and
looking for Painite cores in metallic ring
Because it's a case of "you are doing it wrong", not of "broken" mining.
That double spot in bubble, S*** something. Got 86t from 1 rock there -> laser + 4xssd + explode. Weird that "rich" spots have cores only & rare. 2 cores in 1 hour.metal rich painite hotspots = cores
metallic painite hotpots = laser mining.
Painite
Painite,CaZrAl9O15(BO3). Painite is an incredibly rare borate mineral that typically takes the form of a red gemstone. Highly sought after by socialities throughout occupied space, it is renowned for being one of the most valuable types of gemstones in the galaxy. — In-Game Description Painite...
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I try all. I have full set of tools on board. 2 cores in 1 hour found. and 3rd with another mineral.
Well, next time start from noticing ring type, you will know what kind of mining should you expect there.
Just weird. I wanted that nice views, not anything else. And scanner says - painite. I think i should trash my scanner, it's broken